Contains twenty essays on the observations of life and letters in cities such as Copenhagen, Johannesburg, New York, Paris and Prague.

this moment leads to the door of rebirt the door opens to the se the rose of tim Bei Da The Rose of Time: New & Selected Poems presents a glowing selection of poetry by contemporary China s most celebrated poet, Bei Dao. From his earliest work, Bei Dao developed a wholly original poetic language composed of mysterious and arresting images tuned to a distinctive musical key. This collection spans Bei Dao s entire writing life, from his first book to appear in English, The August Sleepwalker, published a year after the Tiananmen tragedy, to the increasingly interior and complex poems...